Arguing that it is not proper for the Congress to defame constitutional institutions like the Election Commission of India for political motives, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday urged the Congress to release evidence to prove their charges that voters’ theft had taken place in the previous Lok Sabha elections. “The evidence is an … Read more
Prescription charges in England will be frozen this year – for the first time since 2022. The charge for a single item will remain at £9.90 in 2025-26, the government has announced. Three-month and annual prescriptions prepayment certificates will also be frozen and existing exemptions will continue. Charges only apply in England as prescriptions are … Read more
A special MP-MLA court has directed to lodge an FIR against BJP’s Bilsi MLA Harish Shakya and 15 others including his brother and nephew on charges of gangrape and fraud. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Leelu Chaudhary issued the order on Wednesday (December 12, 2024) after hearing a plea filed by the husband of the alleged … Read more
Perni Venkataramaiah (Nani) argued that Jagan Mohan Reddy agreed to buy power at a cheaper rate than CM Naidu from the SECI. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader Perni Venkataramaiah (Nani) has said a misinformation campaign is going on against party president and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy with regard … Read more
A person from Hassan district allegedly raped his minor daughter, and the crime came to light after the girl became pregnant. Hassan police arrested the accused on Thursday, after registering a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. In a complaint to the police, the minor girl complained that her father … Read more
Representative image. Former Haryana CM and party leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda addresses the media after a meeting of Congress delegation with the Election Commission over concerns on Haryana Assembly election results, in New Delhi | Photo Credit: ANI The Election Commission on Tuesday (October 29, 2024) rejected as “baseless” allegations made by the Congress of … Read more
Dr. B.S. Shiju, chairman of the Kerala unit of All India Congress Committee’s research division, has filed a complaint to Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, demanding the cancellation of the allotment for a controversial petrol pump in Cheranmula, Kannur. The demand follows allegations of bribery linked to the approval process for the pump, coinciding … Read more
File photo of Sudip Roy Barman | Photo Credit: PTI Former Tripura Minister and Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman was slapped with a defamation suit and a notice to vacate from the MLA hostel days after he raised corruption charges against State Tribal Welfare Minister Bikash Debbarma and a senior government official in the Assembly. … Read more
Delhi police flag march in Chand Bagh-Karawal Nagar (northeast Delhi ) after the days of violence, in New Delhi on February 26, 2020. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena A court has acquitted six men who were accused of committing arson, rioting, and theft during the 2020 communal riots in northeast Delhi. Additional Sessions Judge … Read more
A view of the Katchatheevu island | Photo Credit: BALACHANDAR L Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, rejected the claim that there was an agreement between the Union and the State governments over the ceding of Katchchatheevu to neighbouring Sri Lanka, and further criticised the BJP government for not having … Read more